Matt Hunsicker

Back in October 2014 IKEA announced plans to consolidate its presence in Michigan area by expanding its 311,000-square-foot store in Canton Township, the company’s only furniture store in the state of Michigan.

It has been eight years since IKEA opened its first Michigan store. Now the Swedish furniture retailer wants to consolidate its presence in the Greater Detroit area by expanding the 311,000-square-foot retail facility in Canton Township.

The company will occupy 6,500 square feet on the 19th floor of the Class A Russell Investments Center in downtown. The offices will be designed by IA Interior Architects and built out by Gateway Construction.

Scheduled for completion in early 2019, the five-star hotel will mark the first ground-up development for Hilton's Waldorf Astoria brand and the second in the Maldives for Hilton overall. The property will feature an approximately 22,000-square-foot spa.

The educational architectural and engineering firm has decided to move its regional office to Granite Park Five. Huckabee signed a 9,788-square-foot office lease. JLL negotiated the lease on behalf of the new tenant.